During dinner, there were musicians playing music and dancers dancing, and the atmosphere was very lively and joyful.
After three rounds of drinking, Emperor Wu of Zhou and his ministers became very emotional.
The civil servants who supported the prince suggested playing a game of drumming and passing flowers, but the generals who supported the king refused.
Most military generals have never read any books, and they hate playing such literate games. The generals suggested playing rock-paper games, wrestling, or drinking.
Emperor Wu of Zhou didn't like to play literate games on weekdays, so he agreed to the generals' proposal.
The rules of the game are that you can randomly choose someone to compete in guessing, wrestling, or drinking. Whoever loses performs a show.
When he was in the military camp, Emperor Wu of Zhou often played with the soldiers. Playing in this way can not only shorten the distance between you and the soldiers, but also make the soldiers have fun.
Military generals usually dislike civil servants the most, so they naturally want to use this opportunity to humiliate them.
The civil servants did not know how to wrestle, so they played guessing games with the generals and competed in drinking.
Although the civil servants are weak in culture, many of them are very strong drinkers, not inferior to the generals at all. After all, drinking is a refined hobby for literati students.
On weekdays, literati students drink wine and write poems and articles when they are intoxicated. Many famous poems and articles handed down from generation to generation were written while drinking.
The military generals did not expect that the civil servants were quite good at drinking, and they competed with the civil servants in guessing games. They thought that the civil servants did not play such indecent games as guessing games on weekdays, but they did not expect that the civil servants played very well.
In the first wave of competition, the generals lost.
They stood up and walked to the middle of the grass and started performing. I don’t know what kind of dance they danced, but it was very funny and made everyone in the audience laugh.
In the second wave of competition, the civil servants lost.
The performances performed by the civil servants were much more elegant, some recited poems and composed poems, some played the flute, and some sang.
In the third wave of competition, the generals lost. Some performed wrestling, some told jokes, and some talked dirty.
The civil servants scolded the military generals for being vulgar, and even said obscene words in front of Emperor Wu of Zhou.
When the generals were talking dirty words, the fourth prince reached out and covered Zhao Yao's ears.
He also felt that the generals were too "presumptuous" and blatantly said obscene words, completely ignoring the presence of children.
Zhao Yao felt that the fourth prince covered his ears in vain because those people spoke very loudly, but he still heard them. However, he didn't understand what it meant. However, it can be seen from everyone's ambiguous expressions that they are not serious words.
"Have you eaten?" The fourth prince originally didn't like the excitement, but now that these generals were saying inappropriate things, he didn't want to stay any longer. I don’t want Zhao Yao to be taught bad lessons by these people.
Zhao Yao was chewing on the freshly roasted leg of lamb. When he heard the fourth prince's words, he blinked cutely and then raised the leg of lamb in his hand to show it to the fourth prince.
The fourth prince laughed, and then said warmly: "You continue to eat."
Zhao Yao nodded obediently, hugged his leg of lamb and continued to chew. Of course, while nibbling on the leg of lamb, I didn’t forget to watch the show.
King Dai was currently in the middle of the grass with several generals, swaying their buttocks and dancing strangely, shoulder to shoulder.
The third prince and the fifth prince were drinking with the generals.
The Seventh Prince was drinking and chatting with several of the disciples from the Zhenguo Palace.
The Duke of Zhen and some ministers were drinking.
Marquis Xuanping was also drinking with some generals.
Emperor Wu of Zhou was drinking with He Xiang and others.
Shen Hu, Chu Ying, and Zhang Gong did not drink much because they wanted to protect Emperor Zhou Wu. Seeing that the atmosphere was good, the three of them couldn't help but think of the scenes when they celebrated victory in the past, and then they got excited and sang the songs they had made up before.
Most of the generals present had heard this song and sang along with them.
Emperor Wu of Zhou and He Xiang also sang along.
Although this song is similar to a folk nursery rhyme, the tune is heroic and tragic, making the listeners' blood boil and tears come to their eyes.
Emperor Zhou Wu sang along for a while, then couldn't help but stand up, and then took He Xiang with him to dance in the middle of the grass.
He Xiang seemed to have drunk too much, and he danced this weird and indecent dance with Emperor Wu of Zhou.
Shen Hu and others also joined Emperor Zhou Wu and others. Seeing this, Dai Wang hurriedly joined in. Then, the ministers also danced together.
Zhao Yao stared dumbfoundedly at Emperor Zhou Wu and his group of people dancing wildly. The fourth prince also had a dumbfounded expression.
Emperor Wu of Zhou got excited, twisting his waist and butt while singing an inappropriate tune. At some point he pulled off his belt and tied it over his head.
There is no belt to restrain, so the robe is naturally open. Emperor Wu of Zhou danced for a while and felt that his robe was in the way, so he took it off while dancing.
Seeing Emperor Wu of Zhou take off his clothes, the ministers naturally took off their clothes too. A group of people were naked from the waist up and dancing in a very indecent way.
Zhao Yao's jaw dropped in shock. After a while, he picked up his chin and said to the fourth prince in shock: "Fourth brother, where are we now?"
The fourth prince looked stiff and said with a slight twitch of his mouth: "Don't worry about them."
He added, "After we finish eating, we will go back to the camp." The scene in front of us was really... unsightly... It was better not to see it.
Zhao Yao was stunned for a while, then stared at Emperor Zhou Wu and the others in surprise.
"Fourth brother, has Father let himself go?"
"Let yourself go?" When the fourth prince heard this word for the first time, he was slightly startled, and then he understood what it meant. He felt that it was really appropriate for the tenth brother to use this word to describe his father's current behavior. "you're right."
In the middle of the grass, Emperor Wu of Zhou did not look like an emperor. He and Shen Hu started wrestling.
Zhao Yao was stunned in his heart: This should be the true face of his father.
"Fourth brother, should we join them?" Brother Prince and Brother Three Emperors all joined.
The fourth prince said with some disgust: "No need to join them." Dancing with his upper body naked, the fourth prince could not do such an indecent behavior.
In fact, Zhao Yao didn't really want to join.
"Then Fourth Brother, let's watch them dance." Zhao Yao said, grinning, "It's so fun to watch Father and the others dance like this." He wanted to draw the scene he just saw and use it to make fun of his father in the future. Emperor.
"Father, they won't finish for a while. After you finish eating, we will go back to the camp to rest."
Emperor Wu of Zhou and the others are in a state of excitement and will definitely not end in a while.
The fourth prince was afraid that Emperor Zhou Wu and others would make more indecent moves while dancing, so he thought it would be better to take Zhao Yao back to the camp as early as possible.
Zhao Yao remembered that the fourth prince didn't like this lively situation, so he ate faster.
When Zhao Yao and the fourth prince finished their meal, Emperor Zhou Wu and his ministers were still dancing. Their dance moves became more and more exaggerated and comical.
The fourth prince did not rush to take Zhao Yao back to the camp, but took him for a walk to eat.
At dinner just now, Zhao Yao ate a lot, including two plates of venison, two legs of lamb and two legs of rabbit. I ate a few more steamed buns.
Seeing that he ate so much, the fourth prince was worried that he would have a stomachache due to food accumulation at night, so he led him for a walk around the camp.
After walking for more than half an hour, the brothers returned to the camp.
As soon as they returned to the camp, the fourth prince took Zhao Yao to read with him.
The biggest reason why Zhao Yao didn't want to sleep in the same tent as the fourth prince was because he was afraid that the fourth prince would teach him how to read.
as expected.
"Fourth brother, aren't you here to play in spring? Why do you still study at night?"
"Studying should be done every day. Don't let it go to waste." The fourth prince reached out and pinched Zhao Yao's face. "If you don't study for one day, you will forget it. Do you understand?"
Zhao Yao pouted and said, "I don't want to understand." Why did he still study when he was out hunting?
The fourth prince gently tapped Zhao Yao's little head: "Read a book."
Zhao Yao sighed heavily: "Sigh... I have such a hard life. I have to study even after I go out for spring hunting."
The fourth prince reached out and poked Zhao Yao's little face, and deliberately said with a straight face: "Read well."
Zhao Yao pouted, murmured something quietly, then picked up the book and started reading.
Outside the camp, there was faint laughter.
Although he slept all afternoon, Zhao Yao was still sleepy before Hai hour.
The fourth prince took Zhao Yao to wash up together.
Zhao Yao lay down next to the fourth prince, holding his face in his hands and said, "Fourth brother, please tell me the story in "Spring and Autumn"."
The fourth prince knew that Zhao Yao had been watching "Spring and Autumn" recently, "Okay, let me tell you the story in "Spring and Autumn"."
Zhao Yao fell asleep after listening for a while.
The fourth prince asked Wei Mian to leave a candle and blow out the others.
"You should keep a good vigil tonight." The fourth prince specifically told him.
Wei Mian understood what the Fourth Prince meant and nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely pay attention to you at all times."
The fourth prince was very relieved about Wei Mian's work and didn't say anything more.
At this time, the excitement on the grass outside the camp also ended.
Wei Mian and several guards guarded the entrance of the fourth prince's tent.
The number of people patrolling at night increased a lot, and Shen Hu and others personally led the patrol of the imperial guards.
At midnight, the camp was quiet. Except for the people on patrol who didn't sleep, everyone else was basically asleep.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
Waves of screams rang out, alarming the guards and guards patrolling the camp, and also woke up many people.
The fourth prince was also awakened. Seeing that Zhao Yao was not awakened, he got out of bed quietly and walked out of the tent.
Wei Mian had just returned from elsewhere. Seeing that the fourth prince was awake, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Your Highness, why are you awake?"
The fourth prince felt a little worried when he saw that the concubine's camp was brightly lit and there was commotion.
"What happened?"
"There is a snake in Concubine Rong's tent, Concubine Rong was bitten by a snake." Wei Mian knew that the fourth prince was worried about Concubine Li, so he quickly added, "Your Highness, don't worry, Concubine Rong is fine there."
The fourth prince felt relieved when he heard that Li Bin was fine. However, he immediately called Liang Zhaoyi and asked hurriedly: "Where is Empress Zhaoyi?"
"Tongxi went over to take a look, he should be fine."
While talking, Tongxi came over. He was about to salute the Fourth Prince, but was stopped by the Fourth Prince.
"Mother Zhaoyi, are they okay?"
"Your Majesty and the others' camp is relatively far back, and the snake didn't crawl through. My Majesty and the others are fine." Tongxi said, "However, Madam De Fei and the others have something to do."
Wei Mian asked in surprise: "Concubine De and the others were also bitten?"
"It's bitten. I just passed by there and saw that the ground was full of snakes. Several guardsmen were bitten." Tongxi added, "It seems that the Queen has also been bitten."
The camp on the concubine's side was in chaos, and women's screams kept coming.
Not long after Emperor Wu of Zhou fell asleep, he was awakened and learned that there were snakes in the concubine's camp, and that both the queen and Concubine Rong were bitten. He stood up hurriedly and was about to go over to take a look, but was stopped by Sun Kui.
"Your Majesty, there are snakes all over my place. The guards are busy catching snakes. It's dangerous for you to go over now."
"It's just a snake." Emperor Wu of Zhou stood up and said, "Please change my clothes."
Seeing that Emperor Wu of Zhou insisted on going over to check, Sun Kui did not dare to persuade him any more and could only help him change his clothes.
When Emperor Wu of Zhou rushed over, the imperial guards had almost caught all the snakes, but many snakes still crawled away. It was possible to crawl into other people's camps, and the Praetorian Guards planned to search each camp one by one.
Emperor Wu of Zhou first went to visit Concubine Rong, and her calf was bitten by a snake. Fortunately, it is just an ordinary venomous snake, and the venom can be removed with a few drinks.
Concubine Rong was bitten by a snake for the first time and was so frightened that her face turned pale. When he saw Emperor Wu of Zhou, he threw himself into his arms, held him tightly and cried.
Emperor Wu of Zhou held her and comforted her gently and patiently.
In another camp, Queen Xie had just finished applying the medicine and learned that Emperor Wu of Zhou was going to visit Concubine Rong first. She angrily grabbed the tea cup on the table and threw it to the ground.
Seeing that Queen Xie was angry, Jiang Chuan hurriedly persuaded her: "My queen, you can't be angry now, otherwise the snake venom will spread faster."
Queen Xie's chest heaved violently with anger. Her eyes turned red with anger: "I am the queen, the emperor should come to see me first, not that bitch Concubine Rong!"
Jiang Chuan walked behind Queen Xie and hurriedly stretched out his hand to pat her back: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, don't be angry..."
Queen Xie was so angry that her eyes felt dizzy for a while, then everything went dark, and she fell down.
Jiang Chuan exclaimed: "Empress! Empress! The doctor is here soon!"
Emperor Wu of Zhou learned that Queen Xie had fainted and hurriedly rushed over from Concubine Rong's tent.
The imperial doctor did not dare to say that Queen Xie fainted because the snake venom spread due to her anger. He could only say that the snake venom in Queen Xie was relatively strong, but it was not life-threatening.
Emperor Wu of Zhou looked at Queen Xie for a while, and then went to visit Concubine De and the others.
Concubine De and the others were more miserable, being bitten by snakes several times. Fortunately, these snakes are not all venomous.
After comforting Concubine De and the others, Emperor Zhou Wu went to Liang Zhaoyi's camp.
Although Sun Kui told Emperor Zhou Wu that Liang Zhaoyi and the others were fine, Emperor Zhou Wu was worried and had to see for himself.
Seeing that Liang Zhaoyi and the others were really fine, Emperor Zhou Wu felt relieved.
"Your Majesty, is His Highness Tenth okay?" Liang Zhaoyi was worried about her son.
"Xiao Shi is fine." Emperor Zhou Wu said, "There are no snakes in our camp."
"Your Majesty, the snake may run around and crawl into your camp. You must be careful."
Sun Kui on the side said: "Don't worry, Madam Zhaoyi, the Imperial Guards are searching for snakes from tent to tent."
Hearing what Sun Kui said, Liang Zhaoyi felt much relieved.
Emperor Wu of Zhou gave Liang Zhaoyi and the others a few more words before leaving.
"Let Concubine Rong go to my tent."
Sun Kui asked subconsciously: "What about the Queen?"
Emperor Zhou Wu did not respond to Sun Kui's words, but looked at him expressionlessly.
Sun Kui realized that he had asked the wrong question and hurriedly apologized: "This slave deserves to die."
Emperor Wu of Zhou went to Queen Xie's camp again, and the prince and the seventh prince came.
This spring hunting, the princess did not come with her. She stayed in the East Palace to take care of the emperor's grandson. After all, the emperor's grandson was still young and not suitable for such a big occasion as spring hunting. He would be easily frightened. Fortunately they didn't come, otherwise I might have been bitten tonight.
After staying in Queen Xie's tent for a while, Emperor Zhou Wu left after seeing that Queen Xie didn't wake up. Before leaving, he told Jiang Chuan and the others to serve Queen Xie well. When Queen Xie wakes up, send someone to notify him.
The seventh prince stayed in Queen Xie's camp, while the prince left with Emperor Wu of Zhou.
Emperor Wu of Zhou's camp was naturally the first to be inspected. Shen Hu and the others checked it in person, inside and out several times, and only felt relieved when they were sure there were no snakes. Then, they sprinkled some realgar powder near Emperor Wu of Zhou's tent so that snakes would not dare to approach. Fortunately, the imperial doctor brought some realgar powder.
On the other side, the fourth prince was worried that Li Bin would be frightened, so he decided to go and have a look. He asked his colleagues to guard Zhao Yao.
Such a big commotion did not wake Zhao Yao up.
When Zhao Yao falls asleep, he will sleep so deeply that even thunder can't wake him up.
Tongxi stayed by the bed, looking around with vigilant eyes.
Xiaobai, who had been hiding in Zhao Yao's sleeve and wrapped around his arm, suddenly crawled out, and Tongxi almost screamed in fright.
Xiaobai crawled to the bed, straightened up, and stared at the ground.
"Xiao Bai, what's wrong with you..." Before Tong Xi could finish his words, he saw three snakes crawling in, which frightened him. When he was about to call someone, the fourth prince opened the curtain and walked in. .
As soon as the fourth prince came in, he saw three snakes. These three snakes were as thick as a child's arms and were very scary. There was a trace of panic on his usually expressionless face.
Just when the fourth prince was about to do something, he saw the little white snake on the bed screaming at the three snakes on the ground.
The three snakes shivered in fear as if they had seen something terrifying, and then quickly crawled out of the tent.
Many snakes suddenly appeared in the camp and bitten people, causing chaos throughout the second half of the night. No one dared to sleep anymore.
Zhao Yao was not woken up from beginning to end and slept very soundly.
After Xiaobai scared away the three snakes, he returned to Zhao Yao's arm.
Tong Xi and the Fourth Prince were all frightened by the scene just now. They were not afraid of snakes, but worried that Zhao Yao would be bitten by a snake.
"Fortunately, Xiaobai is here." He didn't notice the three snakes crawling into the tent just now. "Xiaobai is indeed the snake king!"
He just felt a strong sense of fear on those three snakes. The three snakes were very afraid of Xiaobai.
The fourth prince asked the guards at the door to search carefully to make sure there was no snake around his tent.
The imperial doctor didn't bring much realgar powder, so he scattered it all near Emperor Wu of Zhou's camp. Naturally, there are no other tents.
"Your Highness, there is still some time until dawn. You should get some sleep now." Wei Mian said, "My slaves and Tongxi will be on guard to prevent another snake from crawling in."
The fourth prince shook his head and said, "I won't sleep anymore." There was a snake in the camp, and it was very likely to crawl into his tent again, so he couldn't think of sleeping. "I'm reading a book, you go and watch outside."
Tongxi thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, Fourth Highness, with Xiaobai here, no more snakes will come into your tent, and neither you nor Your Highness will be bitten by snakes. You'd better sleep a little longer."
"I can't sleep anymore." The fourth prince said, looking at Zhao Yao who was sleeping soundly, and smiled happily, "Fortunately, my tenth brother slept deeply, otherwise he would have been frightened just now."
"Your Highness, Fourth Highness, my Highness always sleeps like crazy. Even if it thunders and rains outside, His Highness cannot be woken up." Tongxi thought to himself, even if His Highness was awake just now, he would not be afraid of the three snakes. Maybe His Highness would reach out to catch the three snakes and then make snake soup for them.
The fourth prince smiled slightly and immediately asked Tong Xi and Wei Mian to retreat.
Tongxi and Wei Mian stood guard at the door, looking around from time to time to see if there were any snakes.
In Emperor Zhou Wu's tent, he was accompanying Concubine Rong.
Although Concubine Rong was much better, she was still very scared. There was no color on the bright face.
At this time, Sun Kui brought in a bowl of soothing soup, and Emperor Zhou Wu reached out to take it.
"Drink the soothing soup, and then have a good sleep." Emperor Wu of Zhou scooped up a spoonful of the soothing soup, blew on it, and then fed it to Concubine Rong's mouth.
Concubine Rong gave Emperor Zhou Wu a sweet smile, then lowered her head and drank the soup obediently.
Emperor Wu of Zhou gently fed Concubine Rong to drink the soothing soup, and then gently covered her with a quilt.
"I will guard you, you can sleep peacefully."
Concubine Rong extended her left hand from the quilt and took Emperor Zhou Wu's right hand.
"Cousin, why don't you sleep too?"
"I can't sleep, please go to sleep quickly."
"Cousin, please sleep with me, otherwise I won't be able to sleep."
Emperor Zhou Wu looked at Concubine Rong helplessly and dotingly: "Okay, I will sleep with you." After saying that, he got on the bed and slept next to Concubine Rong.
Concubine Rong Gui slept in the arms of Emperor Wu of Zhou, holding him tightly.
Emperor Wu of Zhou patted her back gently. After a while, Concubine Rong fell asleep in her arms.
He took away Concubine Rong's hand very gently, then got out of bed and left the tent, then turned around and went to the tent where the meeting was held.
Shen Hu, Zhang Gong and He Xiang had been waiting in the camp for a long time.
"How's the investigation going?"
"Boss, this is an accident, but it is not an accident." Shen Hu said, "The person who released the snake was caught. It was a little eunuch who was lighting the fire in the imperial kitchen."
"The little eunuch who started the fire?" Emperor Wu of Zhou raised his lips and smiled with interest, "What is his purpose?"
Chu Ying said: "I let the snake bite Concubine Rong to scare Concubine Rong and teach Concubine Rong a lesson."
Zhang Gong continued what Chu Ying said: "This little eunuch who is making a fire has been in contact with the eunuchs around Concubine De before."
Emperor Wu of Zhou was a little surprised: "Concubine De?"
"Yes, the little eunuch who made the fire said that the eunuch next to Concubine De ordered him to do this."
"Did the eunuch beside Concubine De admit it?"
"I didn't admit it at first, but later I admitted it. She said that Concubine De was jealous of Concubine Rong's favor and wanted to show off Concubine Rong, so she released a snake to scare Concubine Rong." Chu Ying said, "They prepared a snake. But I don’t know why it turned into a group of snakes.”
"Boss, this is the accident I just mentioned. They only prepared one snake, but it turned into a group of snakes."
"Who has this eunuch beside Concubine De consort had contact with before?"
"The eunuchs around Concubine De did not come into contact with the people around other concubines in the camp, but I don't know if they came into contact with other people when they were in the palace." After all, they are in the paddock now, not in the palace.
"Sun Kui."
"My slave is here."
"Who has the eunuch around Concubine Chad come into contact with in the palace?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
When Shen Hu heard Emperor Zhou Wu's order, he asked in surprise: "Boss, do you suspect that the person behind the scenes is not Concubine De?"
"I just think it's not that simple." Emperor Wu of Zhou already had suspicions in his mind. "Why are there so many snakes?"
"This has not been found yet," Zhang Gong said. "When daybreak comes, we will carefully check around the paddock to see what is attracting so many snakes."
"Have you caught all the snakes in the camp?"
"We searched all the camps and caught some more." Shen Hu reported, "Most of them are ordinary snakes. I have given them to the imperial kitchen to make snake soup."
When Emperor Wu of Zhou heard this, he said amusedly: "You do know how to eat."
"Boss, there are so many snakes. It would be a pity to just kill them and throw them away. We might as well have the imperial kitchen make snake soup."
"Boss, there are just a few venomous snakes, and they are ordinary venomous snakes that can't bite anyone." Chu Ying said, "The purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes is really to scare Concubine Rong." If you want Concubine Rong to die, the poison must be very strong snakes, such as five-step snakes.
"Boss, you dote on Concubine Rong too much." Shen Hu said without any scruples, "That's why Concubine Rong is jealous."
Emperor Zhou Wu glared at Shen Hu and said, "For safety's sake, let's do a thorough search to make sure nothing slips through the net."
"Don't worry, boss, we will search it several times."
"Have anyone else done anything?" Emperor Wu of Zhou asked with a profound look on his face, "Have they taken advantage of the chaos to do anything?"
Zhao Yao: What, there’s a snake? Why don't you wake me up? When I wake up, I will catch a few to make snake soup.
Tongxi: Look, my guess is right.
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